RE: OFF-Topic: ripped paper image

[William Gaffga]

Snag-It is okay, but a bit too-bitmapped looking and inflexible for my
tastes. 

We developed a Photoshop action that loads a masking layer (anti-aliased
tear) that you position over an image (scale as needed), hit enter and 2 new
layers are created, you can use either one (or both by positioning the
content) and that's it. We also created some variations that do tears of
particular sections of a big screen (top left, top right, bottom left,
bottom right) and a variation that works for menus, including multiple
tears. And they all look smooth like torn paper, not jagged like a low-res
GIF.

So ... Photoshop and GIMP ... create an action or set of actions. That's the
best, most flexible solution.

If anyone really wants a copy, e-mail me. Please note that as they are PS
Actions, they will come into your installation with all of the possible
steps within the action enabled, and there are some steps that are not
desirable depending on what you are doing. You will also need to modify the
Open step to point to the correct PSD file for the mask. I am willing to
share this content, but not help out with it. This is provided as is.

Will

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Subject: OFF-Topic: ripped paper image


Does anyone know of a tool that allows you to erase part of a graphic
where when you run the brush through the graphic, the remaining visible
graphic looks like you ripped a piece of the graphic out of the middle?
So I want a tool that leaves a jagged edge behind.

 

Thank you,

 

 

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

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Milpitas, CA. 95035

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OFF-Topic: ripped paper image

[William Gaffga]

Snag-It is okay, but a bit too-bitmapped looking and inflexible for my
tastes. 

We developed a Photoshop action that loads a masking layer (anti-aliased
tear) that you position over an image (scale as needed), hit enter and 2 new
layers are created, you can use either one (or both by positioning the
content) and that's it. We also created some variations that do tears of
particular sections of a big screen (top left, top right, bottom left,
bottom right) and a variation that works for menus, including multiple
tears. And they all look smooth like torn paper, not jagged like a low-res
GIF.

So ... Photoshop and GIMP ... create an action or set of actions. That's the
best, most flexible solution.

If anyone really wants a copy, e-mail me. Please note that as they are PS
Actions, they will come into your installation with all of the possible
steps within the action enabled, and there are some steps that are not
desirable depending on what you are doing. You will also need to modify the
Open step to point to the correct PSD file for the mask. I am willing to
share this content, but not help out with it. This is provided "as is".

Will

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Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 11:58 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OFF-Topic: ripped paper image


Does anyone know of a tool that allows you to erase part of a graphic
where when you run the brush through the graphic, the remaining visible
graphic looks like you ripped a piece of the graphic out of the middle?
So I want a tool that leaves a jagged edge behind.



Thank you,





Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

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Milpitas, CA. 95035

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Re: MadCap Blaze

[William Gaffga]

leading ... kerning ... tracking ... ligatures ... this kinda stuff (and 
more) is something you expect from print. HTML, even with the aid of 
CSS, is not going to be able to give you the control of these that you 
would get from an app designed for print.

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MadCap Blaze

[William Gaffga]

leading ... kerning ... tracking ... ligatures ... this kinda stuff (and 
more) is something you expect from "print". HTML, even with the aid of 
CSS, is not going to be able to give you the control of these that you 
would get from an app designed for "print".

Sharon Burton wrote:
> Can you help me understand?
>   

Re: MadCap Blaze

[William Gaffga]

I downloaded it. Underwhelmed.

We purchased Flare in our move away from WebWorks Publisher Pro and I am 
just starting to learn it. I looked at Blaze and was shocked that it 
looked identical to Flare and that I had no idea how to go about making 
a book. Never have I acquired a DTP, layout or text app of any sort and 
had no idea how to proceed. If I banged my head against it for a little 
while I'm sure I'd get it but decided instead to import a FM book (about 
350 pages) and look at the results.

30 minutes later I had a bunch of files all in one structure. PNGs mixed 
in with HTML files. Chaos. And HTML files? You gotta be kidding me.

If I have a lot of free time on my hands I might look again but right 
now ... not looking at Blaze at all as a replacement for FM.

Will.

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MadCap Blaze

[William Gaffga]

Flato, Gillian wrote:
> She said that Madcap was creating a CMS first, and then it was going 
> to make Blaze and Flare DITA compatible. I told her that in my 
> opinion, that was a bad plan. They will never be competitive with 
> Frame until they do DITA, and no one is going to buy a CMS when they 
> can get Subversion and CVS for free so they would be better off doing 
> DITA now and the CMS later.
I have to agree. And for the CMS thing, just last night some of us in 
Development were joking about how *everybody* seems to be trying to make 
their own crappy CMS these days. How idiotic.

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Re: Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia?

[William Gaffga]

There isn't really a way to go FM - Wiki, i.e. there are no tools to do 
so easily. You could dump out HTML from FM and just put them in the wiki 
but that won't get you the wiki-goodness. We were able to largely 
automate the process for our first foray but it was simply an ideal 
candidate because the original content was largely uniform and the end 
product wiki was template based. I'll summarize below.

We had a book that doc'd commands (roughly 15000 of them) for a 
scripting language we use internally for our software. These commands 
were in a tabular format. There were of course some paragraphs that came 
before the commands in a section, describing their purpose or use, and 
there were several chapters that were simply explanatory text. Nothing 
complex.

We dumped this stuff out to text files. Wrote a PERL script to identify 
the various components and modify the text files. We then wrote another 
PERL script to convert that data to include the wiki template 
information. We then populated the wiki and made many manual changes. In 
total, the project took about 4 weeks including planning, which included 
deciding which wiki format we needed.

So, this is possible but that strictly depends on your content, and it 
will require extra knowledge on your end.

Hope that helps.

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Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia?

[William Gaffga]

There isn't really a way to go FM -> Wiki, i.e. there are no tools to do 
so easily. You could dump out HTML from FM and just put them in the wiki 
but that won't get you the wiki-goodness. We were able to largely 
automate the process for our first foray but it was simply an ideal 
candidate because the original content was largely uniform and the end 
product wiki was template based. I'll summarize below.

We had a book that doc'd commands (roughly 15000 of them) for a 
scripting language we use internally for our software. These commands 
were in a tabular format. There were of course some paragraphs that came 
before the commands in a section, describing their purpose or use, and 
there were several chapters that were simply explanatory text. Nothing 
complex.

We dumped this stuff out to text files. Wrote a PERL script to identify 
the various components and modify the text files. We then wrote another 
PERL script to convert that data to include the wiki template 
information. We then populated the wiki and made many manual changes. In 
total, the project took about 4 weeks including planning, which included 
deciding which wiki format we needed.

So, this is possible but that strictly depends on your content, and it 
will require extra knowledge on your end.

Hope that helps.

Will.
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FM8, Vista and holding down the left mouse button

[William Gaffga]

Alrighty,

Before I get annoyed with Adobe Tech Support, I will ask the question 
here. Has anyone experienced (and hopefully solved) a problem with FM8 
under Vista in which holding down the left mouse button for more than a 
second or two - as in to do a drag select - and FM locks up? We are 
experiencing this on 3 machines, 2 are 64-bit Vista Ultimate (identical 
machines) and 1 is 32-bit Vista Ultimate. Each has different 
mouse/keyboard combos. The only commonality between the systems is FM8 
and being Vista Ultimate.

Sound familiar? Hoping for some responses from those on the bleeding 
edge (bleeding because it is Vista, edge 'cause ya wanna jump).

Thanks.

Will.

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Re: FM8, Vista and holding down the left mouse button

[William Gaffga]

After not coming up with any good hints online, I spent some time with 
Tech Support. It would seem that there is a conflict in background 
services. At first it seemed to be SnagIt - running SnagIt AFTER running 
FM on my machine caused the mysterious hangs to stop - but that was 
quickly tossed out as this did not help on at least one of my 
co-workers' machines.

So, we are in the process of restarting with various services enabled to 
figure out what is what. I will keep the list informed.

The experiments begin.

Will.

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FM8, Vista and holding down the left mouse button

[William Gaffga]

Alrighty,

Before I get annoyed with Adobe Tech Support, I will ask the question 
here. Has anyone experienced (and hopefully solved) a problem with FM8 
under Vista in which holding down the left mouse button for more than a 
second or two - as in to do a drag select - and FM locks up? We are 
experiencing this on 3 machines, 2 are 64-bit Vista Ultimate (identical 
machines) and 1 is 32-bit Vista Ultimate. Each has different 
mouse/keyboard combos. The only commonality between the systems is FM8 
and being Vista "Ultimate".

Sound familiar? Hoping for some responses from those on the bleeding 
edge ("bleeding" because it is Vista, "edge" 'cause ya wanna jump).

Thanks.

Will.

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FM8, Vista and holding down the left mouse button

[William Gaffga]

After not coming up with any good hints online, I spent some time with 
Tech Support. It would seem that there is a conflict in background 
services. At first it seemed to be SnagIt - running SnagIt AFTER running 
FM on my machine caused the mysterious hangs to stop - but that was 
quickly tossed out as this did not help on at least one of my 
co-workers' machines.

So, we are in the process of restarting with various services enabled to 
figure out what is what. I will keep the list informed.

The experiments begin.

Will.

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Inga: Yes, Doctor.
Frankenstein: Elevate me.
Inga: Now? Right here?
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Inga: Oh. Ze platform. Oh, zat, yah, yah... yes.

FrameMaker to Wiki conversion

[William Gaffga]

Apologies for the cross-post.

Has anyone tried or know of a good way to go from Frame to a Wiki?  
We are looking at moving a library of keywords for a dev tool from FM  
to a wiki format. This would be a one time thing. I tried googling  
this and one fella does a FM-HTML-Wiki conversion with a lot of  
cleanup:

http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/User_talk:Daniel_K._Schneider.

We could write a tool to convert table entries to fill in the  
database, and I suspect that is our only solution but I figured I  
should first ask for experiences and feedback on this crazy idea.


TIA.

Will.
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Re: FrameMaker to Wiki conversion

[William Gaffga]

William Gaffga wrote:
Has anyone tried or know of a good way to go from Frame to a  
Wiki? We are looking at moving a library of keywords for a dev  
tool from FM to a wiki format. This would be a one time thing. I  
tried googling this and one fella does a FM-HTML-Wiki conversion  
with a lot of cleanup:

http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/User_talk:Daniel_K._Schneider.


On Jul 17, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Laura Lemay wrote:
I know of no good way to convert FM to any wiki format.  In my  
experience the conversion is a huge PITA all around.  Be prepared  
for a lot of hand cleanup.  On the other hand, its good that you  
only have to do it once.  I once had a product manager who wanted  
to regularly round-trip FM to wiki and back.  ahahaha.


Some wiki software enables you to include raw HTML pages.  If your  
wiki can handle this, then just convert your FM to HTML using  
whatever method you like.  You may end up with an uneditable HTML  
page, though, and not a wiki page, which is not particularly what  
you want.


Actually converting fm content to wiki format is going to take more  
work.  If you have a small amount of content the easiest method is  
probably just to save as text (or copy all the text out of the  
files) and apply the wiki formatting by hand.  If you have a lot of  
pages, or very complex pages, then you'll probably want to write a  
script/tool to convert from FM output (text, html, XML) to your  
wiki's input format.


Alas, I know of no more general way to do this other than hand- 
built tools, especially since every wiki has its own tagging language.


Good luck.

Laura


Thanks, Laura.

(Oof! Bottom posting freaks me out). It seems we're definitely going  
to need to write an app or script to do the conversion as the keyword  
list is something 15000 entries. Fortunately they are all in separate  
tables and are mostly uniform.


Will.
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FrameMaker to Wiki conversion

[William Gaffga]

Apologies for the cross-post.

Has anyone tried or know of a "good" way to go from Frame to a Wiki?  
We are looking at moving a library of keywords for a dev tool from FM  
to a wiki format. This would be a one time thing. I tried googling  
this and one fella does a FM->HTML->Wiki conversion with a lot of  
cleanup:
.

We could write a tool to convert table entries to fill in the  
database, and I suspect that is our only solution but I figured I  
should first ask for experiences and feedback on this crazy idea.

TIA.

Will.

FrameMaker to Wiki conversion

[William Gaffga]

> William Gaffga wrote:
>> Has anyone tried or know of a "good" way to go from Frame to a  
>> Wiki? We are looking at moving a library of keywords for a dev  
>> tool from FM to a wiki format. This would be a one time thing. I  
>> tried googling this and one fella does a FM->HTML->Wiki conversion  
>> with a lot of cleanup:
>> <http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/User_talk:Daniel_K._Schneider>.

On Jul 17, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Laura Lemay wrote:
> I know of no "good" way to convert FM to any wiki format.  In my  
> experience the conversion is a huge PITA all around.  Be prepared  
> for a lot of hand cleanup.  On the other hand, its good that you  
> only have to do it once.  I once had a product manager who wanted  
> to regularly round-trip FM to wiki and back.  ahahaha.
>
> Some wiki software enables you to include raw HTML pages.  If your  
> wiki can handle this, then just convert your FM to HTML using  
> whatever method you like.  You may end up with an uneditable HTML  
> page, though, and not a wiki page, which is not particularly what  
> you want.
>
> Actually converting fm content to wiki format is going to take more  
> work.  If you have a small amount of content the easiest method is  
> probably just to save as text (or copy all the text out of the  
> files) and apply the wiki formatting by hand.  If you have a lot of  
> pages, or very complex pages, then you'll probably want to write a  
> script/tool to convert from FM output (text, html, XML) to your  
> wiki's input format.
>
> Alas, I know of no more general way to do this other than hand- 
> built tools, especially since every wiki has its own tagging language.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Laura

Thanks, Laura.

(Oof! Bottom posting freaks me out). It seems we're definitely going  
to need to write an app or script to do the conversion as the keyword  
list is something 15000 entries. Fortunately they are all in separate  
tables and are mostly uniform.

Will.

WritersUA 2007

[William Gaffga]

Of those who were at the WritersUA conference this past week, did any  
of you go to the Adobe demo at the end of the day on Tuesday? I  
wanted to go but needed to go to the MadCap demo. If you did go, can  
you tell me what they talked about? Was it all RoboHelp?


Thanks.

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WritersUA 2007

[William Gaffga]

Of those who were at the WritersUA conference this past week, did any  
of you go to the Adobe demo at the end of the day on Tuesday? I  
wanted to go but needed to go to the MadCap demo. If you did go, can  
you tell me what they talked about? Was it all RoboHelp?

Thanks.

Will.
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Gibbs and Associates
Not Far Enough From L.A.

Re: Anything new about when the next release of Framemaker will be launched?

[William Gaffga]

Adobe was at the WritersUA conference this week in Long Beach, CA.  
They were saying FM 8 is due this summer. They didn't have much to  
say except we will should be happy with what it has. It looks like  
they're trying to do some integration with FM, Captivate and Acrobat  
in a manner similar to CS.


They, as with several other vendors had a demo session on Tuesday  
after the seminars. I tried to find someone who attended but never  
had any luck - I was FAR more interested in what MadCap had to show .  
Perhaps someone on this list was there?


As for Blaze, I like it. After talking to Mike Hamilton (head of  
MadCap) I got a more clear sense of what Blaze is. MadCap sees a huge  
opportunity in the space between Word and FM. Basically, they see a  
lot of TWers who have maxed out on Word and see its shortcomings who  
would benefit from moving to something more like FM (TOC, cross ref,  
variables, conditions, etc..) They they see a lot of FM users who do  
not need everything in FM who want a new product with most of the  
features in FM without some of the esoteric stuff. It appears  
promising and I am certainly in that range of users they see.


I was going to keep this to myself but now, what the heck. On Monday  
I was talking to one of the FM guys in their booth, I don't recall  
for sure but I think it was RJ Jacquez. After getting an answer about  
something, DITA support I think, I jokingly said, So, if I told you  
that we still have some Macs in our production and use FM on them  
everyday, I suppose I should just turn around and walk away? He  
started talking about how FM runs quite nicely on Parallels and that  
Adobe has several systems set up that way and he uses Macs himself.  
Then he implied that there may be, at some point, a Mactel version of  
FM. I didn't believe that one bit and I wanted to say Yeah, sure.  
In fact, I was taken aback that he was even talking about Parallels  
and couldn't stick with him in the conversation. I'd like to see that  
but really don't expect it.


Will.
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In Charge of All Things Documentation
Gibbs and Associates
Not Far Enough From L.A.

On Mar 20, 2007, at 4:51 AM, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote:


Have you heard anything yet?

My Danish vendor told me (guessed) a couple of month ago that it  
would be in March this year, but I don't trust this information  
anylonger.
I am VERY curious about the new features and a bit impatient. The  
only rumour I have heard is that Framemaker will support Unicode.


Maybe MadCap Software will be the first to launch their Blaze which  
sounds very interesting, and probably will be a real competitor to  
Framemaker.


Regards,

Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

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Re: Anything new about when the next release of Framemaker will belaunched?

[William Gaffga]

I don't. Like I said in my head at the show, yeah, sure.

On Mar 29, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Dov Isaacs wrote:





-Original Message-
From: William Gaffga
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:41 AM
To: Framers
Subject: Re: Anything new about when the next release of
Framemaker will belaunched?
... After getting an answer about
something, DITA support I think, I jokingly said, So, if I told you
that we still have some Macs in our production and use FM on them
everyday, I suppose I should just turn around and walk away? He
started talking about how FM runs quite nicely on Parallels and that
Adobe has several systems set up that way and he uses Macs himself.
Then he implied that there may be, at some point, a Mactel
version of
FM. I didn't believe that one bit and I wanted to say Yeah, sure.
In fact, I was taken aback that he was even talking about Parallels
and couldn't stick with him in the conversation. I'd like to
see that but really don't expect it.

Will.
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Anything new about when the next release of Framemaker will be launched?

[William Gaffga]

Adobe was at the WritersUA conference this week in Long Beach, CA.  
They were saying FM 8 is due this summer. They didn't have much to  
say except we will should be happy with what it has. It looks like  
they're trying to do some integration with FM, Captivate and Acrobat  
in a manner similar to CS.

They, as with several other vendors had a demo session on Tuesday  
after the seminars. I tried to find someone who attended but never  
had any luck - I was FAR more interested in what MadCap had to show .  
Perhaps someone on this list was there?

As for Blaze, I like it. After talking to Mike Hamilton (head of  
MadCap) I got a more clear sense of what Blaze is. MadCap sees a huge  
opportunity in the space between Word and FM. Basically, they see a  
lot of TWers who have maxed out on Word and see its shortcomings who  
would benefit from moving to something more like FM (TOC, cross ref,  
variables, conditions, etc..) They they see a lot of FM users who do  
not need everything in FM who want a new product with most of the  
features in FM without some of the esoteric stuff. It appears  
promising and I am certainly in that range of users they see.

I was going to keep this to myself but now, what the heck. On Monday  
I was talking to one of the FM guys in their booth, I don't recall  
for sure but I think it was RJ Jacquez. After getting an answer about  
something, DITA support I think, I jokingly said, "So, if I told you  
that we still have some Macs in our production and use FM on them  
everyday, I suppose I should just turn around and walk away?" He  
started talking about how FM runs quite nicely on Parallels and that  
Adobe has several systems set up that way and he uses Macs himself.  
Then he implied that there may be, at some point, a Mactel version of  
FM. I didn't believe that one bit and I wanted to say "Yeah, sure."  
In fact, I was taken aback that he was even talking about Parallels  
and couldn't stick with him in the conversation. I'd like to see that  
but really don't expect it.

Will.
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On Mar 20, 2007, at 4:51 AM, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote:

> Have you heard anything yet?
>
> My Danish vendor told me (guessed) a couple of month ago that it  
> would be in March this year, but I don't trust this information  
> anylonger.
> I am VERY curious about the new features and a bit impatient. The  
> only rumour I have heard is that Framemaker will support Unicode.
>
> Maybe MadCap Software will be the first to launch their Blaze which  
> sounds very interesting, and probably will be a real competitor to  
> Framemaker.
>
> Regards,
>
> Verner Andersen
> Technical Writer

Anything new about when the next release of Framemaker will belaunched?

[William Gaffga]

I don't. Like I said in my head at the show, "yeah, sure."

On Mar 29, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Dov Isaacs wrote:

>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: William Gaffga
>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:41 AM
>> To: Framers
>> Subject: Re: Anything new about when the next release of
>> Framemaker will belaunched?
>> ... After getting an answer about
>> something, DITA support I think, I jokingly said, "So, if I told you
>> that we still have some Macs in our production and use FM on them
>> everyday, I suppose I should just turn around and walk away?" He
>> started talking about how FM runs quite nicely on Parallels and that
>> Adobe has several systems set up that way and he uses Macs himself.
>> Then he implied that there may be, at some point, a Mactel
>> version of
>> FM. I didn't believe that one bit and I wanted to say "Yeah, sure."
>> In fact, I was taken aback that he was even talking about Parallels
>> and couldn't stick with him in the conversation. I'd like to
>> see that but really don't expect it.
>>
>> Will.
>> --
>
>
> Don't expect the next major version of FrameMaker to have
> any Macintosh support!
>
>   - Dov

Re: Frame Improvements

[William Gaffga]

I'm not an Adobe employee but I'll bite.
First off, that is a VERY open statement. What about table ruling  
does not work? I've never seen an issue where it does not work  
correctly, except where it was my fault, such as a manual override  
that I can easily clear out. Generally speaking, FM's tables are  
about the best thing out there and I don't believe I've ever heard  
someone complain about them.


Will.

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On Mar 4, 2007, at 2:33 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote:


- Table ruling does not work correctly. Please fix it.


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Frame Improvements

[William Gaffga]

I'm not an Adobe employee but I'll bite.
First off, that is a VERY open statement. What about table ruling  
does not work? I've never seen an issue where it does not work  
correctly, except where it was my fault, such as a manual override  
that I can easily clear out. Generally speaking, FM's tables are  
about the best thing out there and I don't believe I've ever heard  
someone complain about them.

Will.

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Not Far Enough From L.A.

On Mar 4, 2007, at 2:33 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote:

> - Table ruling does not work correctly. Please fix it.

Re: Frame's future

[William Gaffga]

I can't speak for the whole, but I can for this Mac fan and his Doc  
Group. We are currently on Macs despite creating PC software (long  
story, short is we used to be Mac and transitioned our code/product).  
We've kept Docs on the Mac due to legacy docs and ease of use and  
there was no real compelling reason to force a move. Now that we are  
EOL'd by Adobe's lack of support for the Mac we need to look at  
transition options.


Frankly, FrameMaker, as much as I like it, is showing its age and the  
PC version has quirks that are a PITA (fonts, keybd shortcuts ...).  
So, if we need to make a jump, why not look at MadCap and be excited?  
Their workflow seems to be better than our current FM - WebWorks (we  
use a PC for that).


I know of a few others in similar situations. So, for at least some,  
it is about logic.

Then again, I dare anyone to try and take my G5 from me :-)

Will.

On Feb 28, 2007, at 7:59 AM, Art Campbell wrote:


Paul,

I think you're breaking the rules of the conversation by applying  
logic...

It's not about logic, it's about being a Mac fan.

Cheers,
Art

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Re: FM 7.1 Compatibility

[William Gaffga]

Oh dear god, I'd never actually use OLE, I was just listing it as the  
one problem that another user was experiencing. Importing by  
reference is the only way to go, especially if you have to do  
localization.


As for the hardware, we'd planned on new dual core systems and our  
type of software requires a kickin' video card and RAM. We are near  
our point in the cycle for an upgrade so it seems fairly logical.


Perhaps I'll try FM on our test system first.

Thanks for the input.

Will.
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FM 7.1 Compatibility

[William Gaffga]

Oh dear god, I'd never actually use OLE, I was just listing it as the  
one problem that another user was experiencing. Importing by  
reference is the only way to go, especially if you have to do  
localization.

As for the hardware, we'd planned on new dual core systems and our  
type of software requires a kickin' video card and RAM. We are near  
our point in the cycle for an upgrade so it seems fairly logical.

Perhaps I'll try FM on our test system first.

Thanks for the input.

Will.

FM 7.1 Compatibility

[William Gaffga]

Hi all.

Now that it is out, I am looking at moving (at least some of) our Doc  
Group to Vista. I don't particularly want to but we always do the  
screenshots on the latest OS. So, that will of course require some  
software upgrades.


One person on the Adobe Forums has with mostly success ... he had  
some OLE issues but that is not surprising. Has anyone here tried FM  
7.1 running on Vista? I'd be interested in the results. If I can  
avoid an upgrade to 7.2 to save a few bucks that'd be nice.


TIA.

Will.

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FM 7.1 Compatibility

[William Gaffga]

Hi all.

Now that it is out, I am looking at moving (at least some of) our Doc  
Group to Vista. I don't particularly want to but we always do the  
screenshots on the latest OS. So, that will of course require some  
software upgrades.

One person on the Adobe Forums has with mostly success ... he had  
some OLE issues but that is not surprising. Has anyone here tried FM  
7.1 running on Vista? I'd be interested in the results. If I can  
avoid an upgrade to 7.2 to save a few bucks that'd be nice.

TIA.

Will.

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In Charge of All Things Documentation
Gibbs and Associates
Not Far Enough From L.A.

Re: FrameMaker 7.0 for Mac?

[William Gaffga]

Adobe did indeed make a v7.0 for Mac. EBay is one option for getting  
a copy. If you use identical fonts on both platforms there really  
shouldn't be any issues. We use that same setup in a professional  
environment.


Will.

On Oct 6, 2006, at 8:12 AM, Neil Tubb wrote:


Hey Framers,

I use Frame 7.1 for Windows at work, but use a PowerPC Mac at home. I
would really like to be able to work a bit from home, so was wondering
if it would be worth picking up Frame 7.0 for Mac. So:

1. Did they actually make Frame 7.0 for Mac...I keep reading about an
upgrade, but not a real product. I realize it is now discontinued.

2. Are there big problems going back and forth between the two
platforms? I have an old (5.5) version on my Mac currently, but going
the Save to MIF route has resulted in no end of weird issues.

Thanks in advance,

Neil

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FrameMaker 7.0 for Mac?

[William Gaffga]

Adobe did indeed make a v7.0 for Mac. EBay is one option for getting  
a copy. If you use identical fonts on both platforms there really  
shouldn't be any issues. We use that same setup in a professional  
environment.

Will.

On Oct 6, 2006, at 8:12 AM, Neil Tubb wrote:

> Hey Framers,
>
> I use Frame 7.1 for Windows at work, but use a PowerPC Mac at home. I
> would really like to be able to work a bit from home, so was wondering
> if it would be worth picking up Frame 7.0 for Mac. So:
>
> 1. Did they actually make Frame 7.0 for Mac...I keep reading about an
> upgrade, but not a real product. I realize it is now discontinued.
>
> 2. Are there big problems going back and forth between the two
> platforms? I have an old (5.5) version on my Mac currently, but going
> the Save to MIF route has resulted in no end of weird issues.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Neil

Re: Wow, if this came to pass?!?!?!

[William Gaffga]

I read them every week as well. And I put them in the entertainment  
category but he does have an excellent hit rate on his  
predictions ... as much as 70% over several years. Of course his  
predictions are not based on his weekly column, but they are  
influenced by the column.


Also, if you have the time, his video series NerdTV http:// 
www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/ is excellent. It is an interview show  
with some of the tech world's luminaries. Each episode is available  
for download.


To keep this on topic, the interview with Tim O'Reilly is interesting.

Will.

On Apr 30, 2006, at 6:59 PM, Bill Briggs wrote:
 I second that. Cringley's speculations are most often quite  
entertaining. I read his column every week.


- web

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Wow, if this came to pass?!?!?!

[William Gaffga]

I read them every week as well. And I put them in the entertainment  
category but he does have an excellent hit rate on his  
predictions ... as much as 70% over several years. Of course his  
predictions are not based on his weekly column, but they are  
influenced by the column.

Also, if you have the time, his video series NerdTV  is excellent. It is an interview show  
with some of the tech world's luminaries. Each episode is available  
for download.

To keep this on topic, the interview with Tim O'Reilly is interesting.

Will.

On Apr 30, 2006, at 6:59 PM, Bill Briggs wrote:
>  I second that. Cringley's speculations are most often quite  
> entertaining. I read his column every week.
>
> - web

Re: Printing a 6 x 9 Manual

[William Gaffga]

It shouldn't be your concern. That is the printer's job. Give the  
provider a PDF of the manual in proper page order. Let the provider  
do the imposition.


Will.

On Mar 15, 2006, at 4:20 PM, Angela Akridge wrote:

Oops, one more question. My print vendor is printing my 6 x 9  
document. If
the printer uses 9 x12 paper whereby one book page consumes one  
side of the

9 x 12 paper and another book page consumes the other side, what print
options should I consider setting on the Frame file. Anything? If  
the print
vendor folds the 9 x 12, don't the manual pages need to print in a  
specific

order (not 1-23)?

--
Angela

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Printing a 6 x 9 Manual

[William Gaffga]

It shouldn't be your concern. That is the printer's job. Give the  
provider a PDF of the manual in proper page order. Let the provider  
do the imposition.

Will.

On Mar 15, 2006, at 4:20 PM, Angela Akridge wrote:

> Oops, one more question. My print vendor is printing my 6 x 9  
> document. If
> the printer uses 9 x12 paper whereby one book page consumes one  
> side of the
> 9 x 12 paper and another book page consumes the other side, what print
> options should I consider setting on the Frame file. Anything? If  
> the print
> vendor folds the 9 x 12, don't the manual pages need to print in a  
> specific
> order (not 1-23)?
>
> --
> Angela

Re: Graphics as Bullet icons

[William Gaffga]

You're not likely to find it in a font except by pure, wild,  
outrageous chance as those Word template styles use GIFs for the  
bullets. Check your installation of Word for these support files.


HTH.

Will.

On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:26 PM, Combs, Richard wrote:


David Wollenberg wrote:


I am trying to create a FrameMaker template that simulates a Word
template. In the Word template, there is a bullet style that uses an
image of a mouse as the bullet.  I am hoping I can find it in a font
set. I have looked at all of the Wingdings, Webdings, zapfdingbats,
symbol, cannot find it.


Maybe I'm missing something -- what font does the Word template use?

Richard

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Graphics as Bullet icons

[William Gaffga]

You're not likely to find it in a font except by pure, wild,  
outrageous chance as those Word template styles use GIFs for the  
bullets. Check your installation of Word for these support files.

HTH.

Will.

On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:26 PM, Combs, Richard wrote:

> David Wollenberg wrote:
>
>> I am trying to create a FrameMaker template that simulates a Word
>> template. In the Word template, there is a bullet style that uses an
>> image of a mouse as the bullet.  I am hoping I can find it in a font
>> set. I have looked at all of the Wingdings, Webdings, zapfdingbats,
>> symbol, cannot find it.
>
> Maybe I'm missing something -- what font does the Word template use?
>
> Richard

Re: WebDAV Connections

[William Gaffga]

I must agree with Rick. We spent a lot of time properly setting up a  
WebDAV server for our small group and while the server was great FM's  
interaction with it was poor at best. We have given up on using it.


Will.
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WebDAV Connections

[William Gaffga]

I must agree with Rick. We spent a lot of time properly setting up a  
WebDAV server for our small group and while the server was great FM's  
interaction with it was poor at best. We have given up on using it.

Will.

Re: Cross-platform font conundrum

[William Gaffga]

The cross-platform fonts thing can be a PITA. We use the same  
OpenType fonts on the Mac  PC for our template but the PC does not  
recognize one of the variants of Futura Condensed so when we bring  
the files to the PC (fairly rare) the fonts shift. Fortunately for us  
we only generate Help from the PC so the fonts aren't a big enough  
issue for us to modify the templates.


Nevertheless, it is a lesson in the idiosyncrasies of cross-platform  
compatibility ... It is not easy to make it perfect, but technically  
can be done with experimenting.


So, lose the PS fonts and go OpenType. That is the first step.

Hope That Helps.

Will.

On Jan 23, 2006, at 1:44 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:

When moving a template that uses Frutiger 45 and 55 Ps Type 1 from  
Mac to PC FrameMaker 7, the recipient reports missing font messages  
for the fonts, even though they are [allegedly] installed on the  
PC. Can anyone offer me any pointers as to why this might be  
occurring?


I cannot check the installation myself, as it's in another country.
--
Steve

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Cross-platform font conundrum

[William Gaffga]

The cross-platform fonts thing can be a PITA. We use the same  
OpenType fonts on the Mac & PC for our template but the PC does not  
recognize one of the variants of Futura Condensed so when we bring  
the files to the PC (fairly rare) the fonts shift. Fortunately for us  
we only generate Help from the PC so the fonts aren't a big enough  
issue for us to modify the templates.

Nevertheless, it is a lesson in the idiosyncrasies of cross-platform  
compatibility ... It is not easy to make it perfect, but technically  
can be done with experimenting.

So, lose the PS fonts and go OpenType. That is the first step.

Hope That Helps.

Will.

On Jan 23, 2006, at 1:44 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:

> When moving a template that uses Frutiger 45 and 55 Ps Type 1 from  
> Mac to PC FrameMaker 7, the recipient reports missing font messages  
> for the fonts, even though they are [allegedly] installed on the  
> PC. Can anyone offer me any pointers as to why this might be  
> occurring?
>
> I cannot check the installation myself, as it's in another country.
> -- 
> Steve